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28 Aug

SEC Proposal: Abandon US Accounting Rules

by Barry Ritholtz
What this country really needs is less tranparency in earnings reports, and more wiggle room for corporate reporting: click for video...

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22 Aug

In Defense of Short Selling

by Barry Ritholtz
Doug Kass gives us this morning’s must read slice of market history: "Short-selling runs deep in financial history. Perhaps...

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21 Aug

Open Thread: Bad Sign on Fannie & Freddie Comes True

by Barry Ritholtz
Last month, Rex Nutting had a surefire contrary indicator: He noted that the Bush administration DOES NOT expect the GSEs to fail, and...

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20 Aug

Paulson Playing Chicken With Markets: Guess Who Will Win? (GSE...

by Barry Ritholtz
Guest post today, by Yves Smith of naked capitalism: James Carville, Clinton strategist, said, I used to think if there was...

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18 Aug

OPEC vs US Gross Personal Tax Reciepts

by Barry Ritholtz
This is a first: OPEC is pulling in more money from oil sales than the U.S. government is raising from individual taxpayers. > click...

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16 Aug

Fannie and Freddie: Worth Negative $50 Billion Each

by Barry Ritholtz
Fascinating piece in Barron’s this week on our favorite junk paper: Phoney and Fraudy. A few interesting factoids about the GSEs,...

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15 Aug

Down 97%: Tax Trouble Coming For States & Cities

by Barry Ritholtz
Here’s something you may not have considered: The massive losses taken by Wall Street Banks and Brokers is going to wipe out their...

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1 Aug

Bear Hunt

by Barry Ritholtz
While I am off fishing, y’all can enjoy this article: If President Richard Whitney of the New York Stock Exchange was surprised at...

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30 Jul

No Shorting. That’s the Rule.

by Barry Ritholtz
A long/short hedge fund manager of my acquaintance went to short some Morgan Stanley (MS) via a B/D that clears through Wachovia: The...

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24 Jul

No Recession? No Inflation? Don’t Make Me Laugh!

by Barry Ritholtz
The anticipated bear market bounce in Financials has led to the usual fools’ chorus that the worst is behind us, the economy is on...

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